Valley Trip, Part One

 Day 1, March 23

A day of travel, we left at around 4:30 AM that morning and made it to 100 Mile before Hazel woke up and needed her morning feeding. The rest of the trip went quite smoothly and we made it to chilliwack for lunch in 8 hours flat! 

Hazel loved the extra room in her new car seat!

Once we reached the Langley side of the valley Hazel had no problem being the center of attention. 

Reading stories with Great-Grandma Sikma

Playing cars with the big boys

"Hi Aunty Corday, can I play with your name tag?"

"Play cars Papa?"

Hazel got to play on the kitchen table for about 1/2 hour, what a great way to get to play with everyone and feel big.

Day 2, March 24

Playing with Uncle Teagen, these cars and car tower was quite the hit.

One on one time with Papa and Nana.

We went for a walk to the school park down the road, the buggy did come along, but it wasn't used much.

On the swing with Aunty Genoa which was lots of fun, 

so we tried out the baby swing at Papa and Nana's afterwards.

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That afternoon we went to visit Will and Aleana. Their kids stand on the back of the couch and look out the window, Hazel had to be right in there too! It was neat to see how Hazel interacted with kids that were only a few years older then her and know how to play.

Bath time at Papa and Nana's, Nana's bathtub is a little bigger then the one at home 😍

Two people to share toys with! 

Day 3, March 25

Last day on the Langley side of the valley. 

We went shopping with all of the Aunties and Nana and got lots of new clothes. It was fun to have a sisters day out! 

10 Minutes of Fun

I put Hazel in a box to see what she would think of it. She had a grand time for about 10 minutes. Until she tipped the box over and crawled out to find other things to do. 

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11 Months...One more till 1!

11 Months already! April 10 came and went before I realized it, hence me posting Hazel's update 2 days late 🙈 Hazel is growing up fast, but is still our same happy girl! She still loves to babble and is in a really nice playing stage. There have been multiple times where she played nicely in the playpen for about an hour! Naps have been really up in the air for the past month due to teething, another growth spurt, a valley trip and some more teething... but the nice playing has made up for it most of the time. She loves to walk around with a bit of help and has been getting better walking with just one hand to hold on to rather then two, though two is still much more preferred. 

Despite that fact that she has LOTS of toys, she still loves these plastics containers and I catch her playing with them and the lids quite often.

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The cars are a pretty close second, she will happy chase them around if you pull them back and make them go

and try her best to get them if they go places she can't reach.

At times Hazel says words  that sound like "Wiggle Wiggle".  Jared has called Hazel a wiggle bum from day one and a few weeks ago I finally clued in that a lot of of noises sounded like "Wiggle Wiggle". It took a lot of trying, but I got a video of her saying it! 😍

Hazel is also starting to learn to point at things that she would like which is quite helpful!

Not the most attractive picture... but it does do a good job of showing off all four teeth.

You can see them on this picture too, but you kind of have to know they are there.

Crawling into 12 months.... not so sure Mommy is ready for that yet!

 

PG Spring

I wanted to see how much the snow melted while we were gone on our valley trip, so I took before and after pictures. 

 This is what the yard looked like when we came home. Only snow left in the shady spots.

It was thawed out enough that I was able to turn over the garden.  I was really surprised how it turned out because it was full of grass and weeds.

Needs a bit more dirt yet, but feeling hopeful for a little vegetable garden this year. 

Jared brought home a trailer full of scrap wood from work. Hazel is eagerly waiting for Daddy to take her outside.

We enjoyed quite the bonfire that night, I loved watching all the sparks in the sky, but was also very glad the fire pit was basically in the middle of a puddle.😄

On Sunday afternoon we went for another tromp through the woods in the back, which we figured out was a lot easier when the snow was on top of all the brambles. Even though Hazel was in the carrier she was pretty tuckered when we got back inside.

and this is what we woke up to on Monday morning, Winter wonderland once again. 

The next morning all the trees were completely frosted over which so far in my favorite look!